Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01


cent bottle lasting for years. A small
paint brush should be used in cracks and
crevices while busting room.
TO wash silk handkerchiefs, soak them
first i'm cold salt and water for ten min
utes. or longer, then wash out in the
same water and iron Immediately. Car
pets may be greatly frightened by first
sweeping thoroughly and then going oyer
them with clean cloth and clear salt
and water Use cupful of salt to a
large basin of water. Salt in the white
wash will make it stick better. Wash
the mica of stove doors with salt and vim
cgar. TO clean willow furniture use salt
and water, Apply it with a nail brush,
scrub well and dry thoroughly.
Disease often turks in a dirty dishcloth,
a greasy sink, an unclean teakettle and
poorly-ventilated oven. Flannels should
be washed in hot soapsuds, and rinsed in
hot water containing soap enough to soft
Ell it little. carpet sweeper is inval-
liable in dining-room where small child
rem eat, but should never be used for gen
eral sweeping.
a simple way of loosenng rusted
screw is to apply heat to the head of it.
When the burners of lamps become clog
ged with char, boil them in strong soap
suds. By using soda water as you wash
you can clean ceilings that have been
smoked by a kerosene lamp. If you drop
SCOT on the carpet, cover thickly with
salt, and it may be swept up without
blackening the carpet. A few oyster
shells mixed with coal used for furnace
ton of clnkers. TO clean brass bird
cages use a tablespoonful of salt and a
teacupful of vinegar; heat and apply with
a piece of flannel and rub till dry.
To prevent the juice of pies soaking
into the under crust. beat the white
of an egg and brush the crust with it. If
the oven is too hot when baking, place a
small dish of cold water in it. Well-ven-
tilated bedrooms will prevent morning
headaches and lasstude. Powdered rice,
sprinkled upon lint and applied to fresh
wounds, will stop bleeding. a tallow
candle or piece of tallOw wrapped in It's
sue paper and laid among furs or other
garments will prevent the ravages of
moths.
Bent whalebones can be restored and
used again by simply soaking in water a
few hours, then drying them. TO restore
crushed velvet hold it over the spout of
the teakettle and let it steam well. then
few minutes in boiling suds once a week
will last much longer than they other
wise would. Kid shoes may be kept soft
and free from cracks by rubbing them
once week with a little pure glycerine
or castor oil. A piece of zinc placed on
the Goals of a hot stove will clean out the
stove pipe. The vapor produced carries
off the SCOT by chemical decomposition.
Preserving jars should be stood on their
heads for at least an hour after sealing,
when the liquor will escape if the jar
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cold water makes refreshing drink for
the sick.
If you are troubled with moths in your
feather beds boil the feathers in water
for a short time; then put them in sacks
and dry them, working them with the
hands all the time. Silk dresses should
never be brushed with whisk broom,
but should be carefully rubbed with a
velvet mitten kept for that purposes only.
Silver should be washed with a cham
OILS skin, saturated with silver soap, each
time after use, thus avoiding general
cleaning. Windows should never be
washed while the sun shines on them, as
it is impossible to polish them without
leaving blue streaks.-[ Good Housekeep-
ing.